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Atty: Cop told friend he killed woman
Dec 18 2007 11:41PM (CT)
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - A police officer accused of murdering his pregnant girlfriend admitted to his high school classmate and co-defendant that he killed her and told authorities where they could find her body, prosecutors said Tuesday.
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Daredevil pilot makes emergency landing
Dec 18 2007 11:26PM (CT)
VICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) - The man who helped pilot the first nonstop, unrefueled flight around the world made an emergency landing Tuesday after reporting engine trouble on his plane.
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Officer accused of leak appears in court
Dec 18 2007 11:19PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal deputy marshal accused of leaking information about a protected witness during a mob investigation wept Tuesday as he testified during a pretrial hearing, saying he was shocked when he discovered he could face charges.
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Effort to cut FEMA red tape knocked back
Dec 18 2007 11:19PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A week after Hurricane Katrina, a FEMA official in charge of streamlining the flow of disaster aid issued a directive that would have cut through the red tape and expedited a staggering 1,029 rebuilding projects and $5.3 billion.
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Not guilty plea in pregnant woman death
Dec 18 2007 10:05PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A woman accused of running over and killing a pregnant woman following a brawl over a man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder and other related charges.
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Navy saves gravely ill girl on cruise
Dec 18 2007 10:05PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A teenager whose appendix ruptured at sea, hundreds of miles from help, got safely to shore Tuesday after an unusual rescue in which the Navy airlifted her from a cruise ship for emergency surgery.
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Navy saves gravely ill girl on cruise
Dec 18 2007 10:05PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A teenager whose appendix ruptured at sea, hundreds of miles from help, got safely to shore Tuesday after an unusual rescue in which the Navy airlifted her from a cruise ship for emergency surgery.
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Navy saves gravely ill girl on cruise
Dec 18 2007 10:05PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A teenager whose appendix ruptured at sea, hundreds of miles from help, got safely to shore Tuesday after an unusual rescue in which the Navy airlifted her from a cruise ship for emergency surgery.
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Navy saves gravely ill girl on cruise
Dec 18 2007 10:05PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A teenager whose appendix ruptured at sea, hundreds of miles from help, got safely to shore Tuesday after an unusual rescue in which the Navy airlifted her from a cruise ship for emergency surgery.
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Man arrested in boy's 1979 rape-slaying
Dec 18 2007 9:49PM (CT)
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - A man long considered the prime suspect in an 8-year-old boy's 1979 rape and murder was arrested Tuesday in the slaying after DNA evidence tied him to the crime, authorities said.
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White separatist group sues town of Jena
Dec 18 2007 9:43PM (CT)
JENA, La. (AP) - A white separatist group planning a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Jena is suing the town, claiming officials are violating the Constitution by asking participants not to bring firearms, changing the parade route by one block and requiring the posting of a bond.
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Judge sets trial date in Iraq killings
Dec 18 2007 9:39PM (CT)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A former Army private charged with raping a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and killing her and her family will go on trial in April 2009, a federal judge in Kentucky ruled Tuesday.
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Magna Carta sells for $21.3M in New York
Dec 18 2007 9:11PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A 710-year-old copy of the declaration of human rights known as the Magna Carta _ the version that became part of English law _ was auctioned Tuesday for $21.3 million, a Sotheby's spokeswoman said.
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Magna Carta sells for $21.3M in New York
Dec 18 2007 9:11PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A 710-year-old copy of the declaration of human rights known as the Magna Carta _ the version that became part of English law _ was auctioned Tuesday for $21.3 million, a Sotheby's spokeswoman said.
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Programs let addicted docs practice
Dec 18 2007 9:10PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Troubling cases in which doctors were accused of botching operations while undergoing treatment for drugs or alcohol have led to criticism of rehab programs that allow thousands of U.S. physicians to keep their addictions hidden from their patients.
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Programs let addicted docs practice
Dec 18 2007 9:10PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Troubling cases in which doctors were accused of botching operations while undergoing treatment for drugs or alcohol have led to criticism of rehab programs that allow thousands of U.S. physicians to keep their addictions hidden from their patients.
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N.J. sues Pa. power plant over pollution
Dec 18 2007 9:09PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey has filed suit against a coal-fired power plant in neighboring Pennsylvania, claiming the plant's pollutants blow across the Delaware River and harm New Jersey residents.
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California hopes storms ease drought
Dec 18 2007 8:56PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The first wave of storms forecast for the state brought much-needed rain to depleted reservoirs this week, raised fears of mudslides in wildfire-scarred Southern California and hampered efforts to find a family that disappeared in a forest.
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Religious freedom in military questioned
Dec 18 2007 8:36PM (CT)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A foundation that has sued the military alleging widespread violations of religious freedom said Tuesday that it has evidence showing that soldiers are pressured to adopt fundamentalist Christian beliefs.
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NY man on trial in slaying of white teen
Dec 18 2007 8:34PM (CT)
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) - John White grew up hearing stories from family members about the racial hatred of the Deep South, including the Ku Klux Klan's torching of his grandfather's business in Alabama in the 1920s.
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Court tosses kidnap raps against Mo. dad
Dec 18 2007 8:12PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A state appeals court Tuesday overturned the most serious kidnapping convictions against a man who was accused of taking his two children to terrorize his ex-wife and has since confessed to killing them.
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Lawsuit against Utah ski resort revived
Dec 18 2007 8:12PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Skiers assume the potential for injury when they try to navigate a steep mountainside, but not all risks are inherent, the Utah Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, clearing the way for a lawsuit against a resort.
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Colorado voting machines tossed out
Dec 18 2007 7:49PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Colorado's secretary of state has declared many of the state's electronic voting machines to be unreliable, but said Tuesday that some of them could still be used in November if a software patch is installed.
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WTC memorial opening delayed until 2011
Dec 18 2007 7:47PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Sept. 11 memorial complex won't be done until the 10th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks, two years later than originally planned, officials said Tuesday.
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Life sentence in LA businessman slaying
Dec 18 2007 7:24PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man convicted in the 1999 murder of a businessman who was stuffed in the trunk of his Bentley and died as his kidnappers fled police was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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'American Taliban' soldier seeks freedom
Dec 18 2007 7:09PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The lawyer and parents of American-born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh renewed their call to President Bush on Tuesday to commute his 20-year sentence and set him free.
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Adoptive Mo. dad's obesity tale trashed
Dec 18 2007 7:00PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A man who gained national media attention by claiming he was not allowed to adopt a baby because of his weight was awarded temporary custody of the child, but the judge chided him and his wife, saying they knew the primary reason the boy had been removed from their home had nothing to do with obesity.
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Eastern Michigan fined over cover-up
Dec 18 2007 6:59PM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Eastern Michigan University faces more than $350,000 in fines by the U.S. Department of Education, largely because of the Ypsilanti school's cover-up of the rape and killing of a student in her dorm room, the school said Tuesday.
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Judge blocks Fla. voter registration law
Dec 18 2007 6:54PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A federal judge blocked enforcement Tuesday of a Florida law that prevents people from registering to vote if officials cannot match their Social Security or driver's license numbers to federal or state databases.
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Mom pushes for Internet harassment laws
Dec 18 2007 6:43PM (CT)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The mother of a teenage girl who committed suicide after being taunted online urged a state task force on Internet harassment Tuesday to recommend criminalizing such behavior.
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Mom pushes for Internet harassment laws
Dec 18 2007 6:43PM (CT)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The mother of a teenage girl who committed suicide after being taunted online urged a state task force on Internet harassment Tuesday to recommend criminalizing such behavior.
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Ex-union boss faces extortion charge
Dec 18 2007 6:11PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The former president of a Teamsters local was indicted Tuesday on federal extortion and embezzlement charges that allege he demanded that his employees mow his lawn, clean his gutters and chauffeur his family.
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Reputed mob ring busted in New Jersey
Dec 18 2007 5:56PM (CT)
WEST ORANGE, N.J. (AP) - Authorities broke up a major organized crime ring Tuesday that took in $2.2 billion in gambling bets over the past 15 months and supplied drugs and cell phones to street-gang members in a New Jersey state prison, prosecutors said.
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3 more Duke lacrosse players sue
Dec 18 2007 5:45PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Three current and former Duke lacrosse players _ but not the ones indicted in a discredited rape case _ sued the university, a disgraced prosecutor and dozens of others Tuesday, claiming the prosecution damaged them, too.
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D.C. postmark back, in time for holidays
Dec 18 2007 5:35PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The District of Columbia postmark is making a big comeback in time for its use on holiday mail, D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton announced Tuesday.
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Couple gives $175M for Wis. scholarships
Dec 18 2007 5:32PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The retired chairman of the computer networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. and his wife said Tuesday they are donating $175 million to help Wisconsin students pay for their college education.
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Truck ruptures gas line; homes evacuated
Dec 18 2007 5:26PM (CT)
VIENNA, Ohio (AP) - A cargo container truck with a boom arm that remained up after a delivery crashed into an overpass Tuesday, killing the driver and rupturing a gas line that forced five homes to be evacuated.
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Man dies after Disney ride in Fla.
Dec 18 2007 5:21PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A 44-year-old man died Tuesday after riding a roller coaster at Walt Disney World that simulates a runaway train ride through the Himalayas, authorities said.
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Botched raid terrorizes Minn. family
Dec 18 2007 4:46PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - With her six kids and husband tucked into bed, Yee Moua was watching TV in her living room just after midnight when she heard voices _ faint at first, then louder. Then came the sound of a window shattering.
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Feds release $274M for mine cleanup
Dec 18 2007 4:37PM (CT)
PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The federal government has released $274 million to clean up abandoned coal mine sites that are posing a threat to the public and the environment, twice the amount that had been available in the previous fiscal year.
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Smoke in cockpit sends plane back to LA
Dec 18 2007 3:43PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An airliner that had taken off for a flight to Hawaii returned to Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday after a faulty oven sent smoke into the cockpit, aviation officials said.
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UN votes against death penalty
Dec 18 2007 2:29PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday called for a moratorium on the death penalty with a view to abolishing executions, approving a resolution opposed by the U.S., China and Iran.
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Many Ga. water systems meet savings goal
Dec 18 2007 2:17PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Water systems in drought-stricken northern Georgia have exceeded a state mandate to reduce the region's consumption by 10 percent, an early sign that the state's conservation efforts are working, Gov. Sonny Perdue said Tuesday.
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Hoax may have led to shock treatments
Dec 18 2007 1:34PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - State officials are investigating complaints that at least two teenagers were given electric shock treatments at a residential center for people with special needs because someone telephoned fake orders to the staff.
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Some decry N.J. death penalty abolition
Dec 18 2007 12:25PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The New Jersey Public Defender's Office said Tuesday it won't challenge Gov. Jon S. Corzine's decision to commute the death sentences of eight men now that the state's death penalty has been abolished.
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Some decry N.J. death penalty abolition
Dec 18 2007 12:25PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The New Jersey Public Defender's Office said Tuesday it won't challenge Gov. Jon S. Corzine's decision to commute the death sentences of eight men now that the state's death penalty has been abolished.
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Supreme Court asked to hear Zoloft case
Dec 18 2007 12:14PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Attorneys have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case of a teen sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing his grandparents when he was 12, arguing that the sentence is cruel.
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Programs focus on illiterate immigrants
Dec 18 2007 11:50AM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Before Bob Jansen can teach English to the adult immigrants in his lowest-level class, he has to show about a quarter of them how to hold a pencil.
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Programs focus on illiterate immigrants
Dec 18 2007 11:50AM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Before Bob Jansen can teach English to the adult immigrants in his lowest-level class, he has to show about a quarter of them how to hold a pencil.
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Programs focus on illiterate immigrants
Dec 18 2007 11:50AM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Before Bob Jansen can teach English to the adult immigrants in his lowest-level class, he has to show about a quarter of them how to hold a pencil.
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Programs focus on illiterate immigrants
Dec 18 2007 11:50AM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Before Bob Jansen can teach English to the adult immigrants in his lowest-level class, he has to show about a quarter of them how to hold a pencil.
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Programs focus on illiterate immigrants
Dec 18 2007 11:50AM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Before Bob Jansen can teach English to the adult immigrants in his lowest-level class, he has to show about a quarter of them how to hold a pencil.
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TV anchor accused of assault is off air
Dec 18 2007 11:43AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A television news anchorwoman is off the air, starting a scheduled vacation early, while she deals with a felony charge of assaulting a New York police officer, her employer said.
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Oklahoma still in the dark after storm
Dec 18 2007 9:56AM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - More than 88,000 homes and businesses in Oklahoma remained without power on Tuesday, more than a week after an ice storm plunged them into darkness.
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Child shot protecting mom hailed a hero
Dec 18 2007 7:49AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - As the gunman was about to open fire, 7-year-old Alexis Goggins lunged from the back seat of the SUV and threw herself across her mom, crying, "Don't hurt my mother!" Six bullets from the 9 mm handgun slammed into Alexis, one piercing her right eye. Two slugs hit her mother.
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S. Korean pleads guilty to lying to FBI
Dec 18 2007 7:21AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A South Korean man suspected of spying on North Korea for his government has pleaded guilty to charges that he repeatedly lied about his activities to the FBI.
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Black farmers may get boost in farm bill
Dec 18 2007 3:48AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The farm bill approved by the Senate last week moved Congress a step closer to reopening a landmark discrimination case against the Agriculture Department.
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NJ inmates make Shawshank-style escape
Dec 18 2007 12:26AM (CT)
ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) - Two jail inmates used photos of bikini-clad women to hide holes they used to escape and left behind a thank-you note, signed with a smiley face, for a guard they claimed helped them, officials said Monday.
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NJ inmates make Shawshank-style escape
Dec 18 2007 12:26AM (CT)
ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) - Two jail inmates used photos of bikini-clad women to hide holes they used to escape and left behind a thank-you note, signed with a smiley face, for a guard they claimed helped them, officials said Monday.
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NJ inmates make Shawshank-style escape
Dec 18 2007 12:26AM (CT)
ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) - Two jail inmates used photos of bikini-clad women to hide holes they used to escape and left behind a thank-you note, signed with a smiley face, for a guard they claimed helped them, officials said Monday.
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